As she spoke, Shen Mingzhu gently pinched her daughter's soft and pink face, "You little heartless girl, your brother is so good to you, he didn't even go out to play on your birthday, he came here to accompany you, and you hit your brother."

"Mom, I'm really not in pain."

Pei Ziheng pulled Shen Mingzhu's hand away and rubbed Xiao Guoguo's cheek, which was slightly red from being pinched.

Little Guoguo didn't understand anything and thought the mother and son were playing with her. She grinned with her mouth drooling.

"Mom, go make lunch. I'll just stay with Guoguo."

Well, you are siblings and I am your stepmother.

Shen Mingzhu stood up and prepared to go back to the awning, Zhao Yun and the twins ran back happily from a distance.

"Aunt Mingzhu, we picked a lot of mushrooms, so we can have more food for lunch!"

"Aunt, I picked some mushrooms too, look!"

Shen Mingzhu looked at the mushrooms in the children's hands. She had never seen any of the other mushrooms except the chicken mushroom.

"You can eat this, throw the rest away."

"Why? Can't we eat these?"

"I don't know either. For safety reasons, when you're playing in the wild, don't import anything you don't recognize."

"oh."

Shen Mingzhu took the children to the lake and washed the dirt off the chicken mushrooms. She also asked the children to wash their hands carefully, even between their nails.

After all, we don’t know whether those discarded mushrooms are poisonous or not, so we might accidentally eat them when eating snacks or fruits later.

While washing, Shen Mingzhu taught the children to sing "Red Umbrellas and White Poles".

Everyone had a lot of fun learning.

When they returned to the awning laughingly, they found that Zhou Hui and her daughter had also returned.

Zhou Hui had picked a lot of wild vegetables and was picking them up with Pei Wenping.

Zhao Yun and the twins sat on the moisture-proof mat and played with Pei Ziheng and Xiao Guoguo.

Shen Mingzhu looked around, her expression changed slightly, "Where's Daya?"

Everyone fell silent and looked around.

Zhou Hui pointed to a small hill in the east and said, "It seems like they are picking wild fruits over there."

Shen Mingzhu immediately went in the direction Zhou Hui pointed, shouting as she searched.

"Aunt, I'm here."

Hearing the response, Shen Mingzhu breathed a sigh of relief.

When we found the person, we discovered that Daya was standing in front of a large bush picking some small red fruits.

"Daya, what are you doing here?"

"Aunt, this is wild mushroom, pick it and bring it back for Guoguo to eat."

Daya handed the ruby-like red and translucent fruits piled in her palm to Shen Mingzhu like she was offering treasures, her bright eyes sparkling, "Aunt, this is delicious."

Shen Mingzhu took one and put it in her mouth. It was sweet and sour, juicy and tasted pretty good.

She couldn't help but eat two more, and then picked them together with Daya.

After returning home, Shen Mingzhu washed the mountain bubbles with clean water, put them in bowls and asked the children to sit on the foam mat and eat them.

She told Zhou Hui what had just happened, "Zhou Qing, we have made a division of labor in advance. You are responsible for taking care of the children. When you and Xiaowen come back, why don't you bring Daya back with you?"

Zhou Hui was a little unhappy when she was questioned, "I asked Daya to leave, but she refused to leave. What can I do?"

Is there really no way, or is it that you just don’t care and don’t take other people’s children seriously?

Shen Mingzhu smiled faintly, "Okay, Sister Zhou, I'll teach you. Next time you encounter this kind of situation, you can either stay with your child or come back and tell me as a parent. I will thank you."

Zhou Hui also lost her temper and threw the wild vegetables on the ground. "Daya is fine, isn't she? Do you have to keep nagging her?"

The quarrel attracted the children on the foam mats to look over here.

Zhou Hui had a cold face and didn't say anything.

Pei Wenping spoke up to smooth things over, "Alright, alright, let's all stop talking. We are all mothers, and we all hope that our children can be safe and sound."

Perhaps Zhao Yun understood the adults' quarrel and ran over.

"Aunt Mingzhu, I'm sorry. I was so busy picking mushrooms that I didn't pay attention to Daya. I will pay attention to Daya next time we go out to play. Don't be angry."

Pei Wenping smiled, "Look, Sister Zhou, you are really good at educating children. Xiaoyun is so sensible. We adults should stop arguing and make fun of the children."

A dispute ended here.

After lunch, Shen Mingzhu went to the lake to fetch some water and asked the children to learn how to wash dishes and pots.

Zhao Yun, the twins and Daya all followed the instructions happily, but Liang Xiaowen was the only one who was unwilling to do so, as she thought washing dishes was too dirty.

Shen Mingzhu didn't force it.

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After washing the pots and pans, Shen Mingzhu took out a borrowed camera and took pictures of the children.

We played until the evening, and then everyone sang and happily went home in the car.

Apart from the episode of quarreling with Zhou Hui, today's outing was quite successful.

Maybe because he was tired from playing, Xiao Guoguo fell asleep on the way home and didn't wake up when he got home.

After settling her daughter down, Shen Mingzhu put on an apron and prepared to make dinner.

They were not at home today, and Sister Yu was given a day off, so I had to make dinner myself.

After a tiring day, Shen Mingzhu was not in the mood to cook, but today was her son's birthday, so she still had to cook a decent meal.

I was looking at the ingredients in the refrigerator and thinking about the menu when I heard my son calling from behind.

"Mother."

Shen Mingzhu turned around, smiled and waved at him, "Son, come here and see what you want to eat tonight."

Pei Ziheng walked closer and looked up at her with his fair and delicate face, "Mom, let's go out for dinner tonight."

"You want to go out to eat?"

Pei Ziheng held her hand and shook it, "Mom, you've been tired all day today. I don't want you to be too tired. I'll use my New Year's money to treat you to a meal."

Which mother wouldn't love a son who is so sensible and considerate? Shen Mingzhu took off her apron without hesitation, picked up her daughter who was sleeping like a pig from the crib, and wrapped her in a blanket without even bothering to put on a cotton-padded jacket. She then took the milk bottle and milk powder, and drove the van that she hadn't returned to the car dealership yet to go to Bernardo's restaurant.

The reason why we chose to eat at Berna Restaurant was mainly because Daya had never eaten Western food and I wanted to let her broaden her horizons.

A girl who is raised in wealth from childhood will not be easily deceived by boys' small favors when she grows up.

…

It's a rare occasion that Zhao Dafa isn't out socializing tonight.

At the dinner table, Zhou Hui deliberately mentioned that Shen Mingzhu got angry at her during the outing in the daytime.

Zhou Hui had her own ulterior motive when she brought up this matter.

During the day, Shen Mingzhu mentioned to her that they were still short of money to buy a house, and she thought Shen Mingzhu wanted to borrow money from Zhao Dafa.

In her heart, she didn't want Zhao Dafa to lend money to Shen Mingzhu.

The reason is very simple. She hasn't even bought a house yet, so why should she lend money to Shen Mingzhu to buy a house?

After applying the eye drops, Zhou Hui gave her daughter a wink.

Although Liang Xiaowen is not very old, she is very smart.

"Dad, you don't know. Aunt Mingzhu said bad things about Mom in front of all of us today. It made Mom lose face."

Before Zhao Dafa could say anything, Zhao Yun on the other side sneered, "That's all Aunt Hui asked for."

(End of this chapter)